JUNE 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 855

Section 5, 11 acres swamp; Section 6, 35 acres swamp; Section 7, 10 acres swamp; Section 8, 3 acres swamp; Section 9, 12 acres swamp; Section 11, 31½ acres swamp; Section 12, 13 acres swamp; Section 13, 5 acres swamp; Section 14, 1 acre swamp; Section 15, 6 acres swamp; Section 16, 17 acres swamp; Section 17, 8 acres swamp; Section 18, 7 acres swamp; Section 19, 7½ acres swamp; Section 20, 6 acres swamp; remainder of the sections open undulating land; soil sandy loam. Waihi Survey District, Block V.: Section 1, 37 acres good swamp land, with tea-tree; Section 2, 28 acres good swamp land, with tea-tree; Section 3, 6 acres swamp, with tea-tree; Section 4, 2 acres swamp, with tea-tree; Section 5, 1 acre swamp, with tea-tree; Section 6, 1½ acres swamp, with tea-tree; Section 9, ½ acre swamp, with tea-tree; Section 10, 12 acres swamp, with tea-tree; Section 11, 27½ acres flat, slightly swampy, with heavy manuka; Section 12, 14½ acres flat, slightly swampy, with heavy manuka; Section 13, 15 acres flat, slightly swampy, with heavy manuka; remainder of the sections undulating, good fern land, loamy soil.

PARISH OF TE PAPA.

Description of Land.—Open fern land, undulating, situated 12 miles from the Town of Tauranga, on the Tauranga-Napier coach-road.

PARISH OF KATIKATI.

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Description of Land.—Open land.

NOTE.—Plan of the above lands may be seen on application at this office, at the Land Offices, Tauranga and Gisborne; at the offices of the County Councils, Tauranga and Whakatane; and at all the principal Land Offices in the colony.

Terms of sale: One-fourth of purchase-money to be paid at time of sale, and the balance within one month thereafter, otherwise the part of the purchase-money paid by way of deposit shall be forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land shall henceforward be null and void.

Crown-grant fee to be paid on completion of purchase.

Rural Lands for Sale on Deferred Payments.

LAND DISTRICT OF AUCKLAND.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 22nd May, 1882.

I HEREBY notify that the lands enumerated in the Schedule hereunder have been set apart for sale on deferred payments, and that Wednesday, the 21st June next, has been appointed as the day on which the said lands shall be open for application.

D. A. TOLE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

PUKEROA BLOCK, NEAR MAKETU, BAY OF PLENTY.
Waihi Survey District.

The main road from Maketu and Tauranga to Whakatane and Opotiki passes through the above block, which is distant from Tauranga twenty-three miles, from Te Puke eleven miles, and from Maketu nine and a half miles, by partly-formed roads. The road from Kaikokopu to the Maniatuhe Village and onwards through the block being now under construction by Government.

Description of Land.—Section 1, 72½ acres good swamp land; 2, 62½ acres good swamp land; 3, 66 acres good swamp land; 4, 30 acres good swamp land; 5, 7½ acres good swamp land; 6, 29½ acres good swamp land; 8, 62 acres good swamp land; 9, 29 acres good swamp land; 10, 11 acres good swamp land; 11, 10½ acres good swamp land; 12, 11 acres good swamp land; 13, 14 acres good swamp land; 14, 47½ acres good swamp land; 15, 31 acres good swamp land; 16, 14 acres good swamp land; 17, 9 acres good swamp land; 19, 15 acres good swamp land; 20, 57 acres good swamp land; 21, 142½ acres good swamp land; remainder of sections open undulating fern land, soil rich sandy loam.

NOTE.—Applications for the above lands will be received at this office, and at the Land Offices at Tauranga and Gisborne.

In the event of more than one application being received for any one section, the right to occupy the same will be decided by public auction, on Monday, the 26th June, 1882, at 12 o’clock noon, at the Land Office at Tauranga.

Plans of the above lands may be seen on application at this office; at the Land Offices, Tauranga and Gisborne; at the offices of the County Councils, Tauranga and Whakatane; and at all the principal Land Offices in the colony.

Conditions.

No person can select more than one section.

Deposit of one-twentieth of the price of the land to be tendered with application.

Payments: Twenty equal instalments, payable one each on the 1st January and 1st July of each year for ten years.

Improvements: Selector must bring into cultivation not less than one-twentieth of area the first year, one-tenth the second year, and in six years must have cultivated one-fifth, and effected permanent improvements to the value of £1 for every acre.

The selector has the option, at any time after the first three years, of discharging all his obligations by paying up the balance of the purchase-money in one payment, provided he has effected the improvements.

Residence on the land by the selector is compulsory for a period of six years from the issue of license.